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The Death of Europe? – Mauldin

January 15 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Debt, Economics, Socialism, The Left

John Mauldin- to whom I was introduced by my son Mark -writes one of the best financial analysis weekly articles I know of .  The unnerving thing about this article is that the USA is on the same “highway” as Europe. And your president keeps wanting to step on the gas.  (I’ll see if I can get the graphs added). ======= One... Read more

How Stimulus Spending Ruined Buffalo

January 15 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Liberal Press, Party Politics, Socialism, The Left

What? WHAT am I missing? ============ By STEVEN MALANGA Why do cities like Buffalo decline, and what role should government play in promoting recovery? In his State of the State Address this month, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced $1 billion in incentives to attract new investment to the beleaguered city by Lake Erie. “We believe in Buffalo,” he said, “and we’ll put our... Read more

Obama’s Scandals — and Scandal Deniers – Michelle Malkin – National Review Online

December 28 | Posted by mrossol | Liberal Press, Obama, The Left

The totally objective press… ============ With 2011 drawing to a close, it is time to take account. As an early-and-often chronicler of Chicago-on-the-Potomac, I am amazed at the stubborn and clingy persistence of Pres. Barack Obama’s snowblowers in the media. See no scandal, hear no scandal, speak no scandal. Dartmouth College professor Brendan Nyhan asserted in May — while Operation Fast and Furious... Read more

The Pentagons Vindication

December 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Military, The Left

“Ops, I was wrong…   ”  Senator …  (don’t hold your breath) ======== U.S. forces left Iraq this month, but at least one Iraq war tradition has continued: Years after politicians and pundits manufactured a headline-grabbing controversy to tar the Bush-era Pentagon, investigators have found no wrongdoing. That’s the conclusion of the Defense Department’s Inspector General after a two-year probe of the Pentagon’s program... Read more

A narrow suffocating chamber of dogmatism.

December 5 | Posted by mrossol | Party Politics, Politically correct, Radical Islam, The Left

  By NINA SHEA AND PAUL MARSHALL Last July in Istanbul, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton co-chaired a “High-Level Meeting on Combating Religious Intolerance” with the Saudi-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Mrs. Clinton invited the OIC to Washington for a conference to build “muscles of respect and empathy and tolerance.” That conference is scheduled for Dec. 12 through Dec. 14. For more... Read more

The Union Zee Bridge

December 1 | Posted by mrossol | Debt, Party Politics, The Left

What does it take for some people to learn a lesson? ======= Andrew Cuomo has a bridge to sell you, and we wish that was the set-up to a punch line. The New York Governor and government unions are hatching a plan to use the state’s pension funds to bankroll public works like replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge. In a radio interview with... Read more

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